Mexico Beach, City of
Overview
Mexico Beach, City of is a public drinking-water system serving about 5,888 people in Bay County, Florida.
HAA5 (Haloacetic Acids) was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: may increase the risk of cancer.
TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes) was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: may increase the risk of cancer; liver, kidney, or central nervous system effects.
PFBA was detected, one of the forever chemicals that do not break down in the body or in the environment. EPA states the health effects: no federal drinking-water limit has been set. EPA links PFAS exposure generally to decreased immune response, increased cholesterol, and developmental effects.
It serves Mexico Beach.
It uses surface water as its source.
Utilities report a rotating subset of contaminants each year under state monitoring schedules, so only a few measured results appear in any single year's report. The full list of what was tested and not found is below.
Contaminants Detected
Not detected, or not looked for 100
PFAS · EPA UCMR5 monitoring
These were genuinely sampled, because EPA required it. Of 29 PFAS “forever chemicals” tested under the UCMR5 program, 1 were detected (shown above) and 28 were not:
Regulated contaminants · no result on record
Federally regulated contaminants with no reading on record for this system. A missing reading can mean the sample came back clean, or that nobody was required to take one. The published data does not say which, and smaller systems monitor many of these only once every few years:
What was found in the pipes
Mexico Beach, City of took 85 bacteria samples from its distribution system in 2023. One came back positive.
| Date sampled | Found |
|---|---|
| January 3, 2023 | total coliform |
From FDEP’s microbiological report, 2023. These are samples taken from the distribution system, the water in the pipes on the way to you, and not untreated source water. A positive sample is normally followed by repeat samples, and where those come back clean no violation is recorded, which is why findings like these do not appear in a compliance history.
How this plant treats the water
FDEP records 2 treatment processes here, under one heading.
From FDEP’s treatment facility report, 2023. It lists what each plant is equipped to do, which is not the same as what any single process removes on a given day, and treatment happens before the water reaches your service line or your own plumbing.
What happened when this system broke the rules
Measurements are only half the record. These are Mexico Beach, City of’s violations of the drinking-water rules as recorded by EPA, 2023 to 2025, and what followed them.
The longest single violation ran 96 days before the system was recorded back in compliance.
A system in violation keeps operating, because cutting off a community’s water is not a remedy anyone wants. That is the point worth understanding: the enforcement record and the water are two different things, and only one of them appears in the annual report you are mailed. What that looks like statewide →
The Solution
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Data Sources
These figures describe the water your utility delivers, drawn from public federal and state records - not our own lab samples, and not what your home’s plumbing adds after the water arrives. Informational; not a substitute for testing your own tap.